Compare and contrast

20-something female cube rat: Sounds like a fucking stupid project, and I am really excited to do it some time.

Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Old drone #1: You really gotta just close your eyes and gulp it down, I find it spicy, although my daughter says it’s bitter.
Old drone #2: Yeah, I like it though, just don’t get any on your dress, it’s a bear to get out of clothes.

Cindel Drive
Delran, New Jersey

Overheard by: Bruce Banner

Trainer: He’s a great guy, but he’s very… How should I put this?
New hire: Anal?
Trainer: Yes. I love anal.

Eagan, Minnesota

Engineer, emphatically: You can ask me until you are blue in the face, but I still can’t give you an answer.
Boss, unimpressed: I need you to give me an answer.

Stratford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Deek

Front desk agent #1: So anything involving more than five people is considered a gang-bang then, since you don’t have “five-some”. That just sounds weird.
Front desk agent #2: It has to do more with the girl-to-guy ratio. If the ratio is close to one to one, then it’s an orgy. Otherwise, it’s a gang-bang.

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Lobby Patron

Lab tech: He needs to retake the drug screening.
Nurse: Why? He said he was ready to give a urine sample.
Lab tech: Well… How do I put this delicately? He did give us *a* sample… Just not the kind we needed.
Nurse: Wait, you mean… he… Oh my god! How the hell did he poop in that cup? I am impressed!
Lab tech: Yea, I kinda am to.

Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: Workin’ here for the insurance

Superior #1: So, Joanne wasn’t umm… working out so she left… I shouldn’t say any more.
Inferior #1: She didn’t come to work naked or something?!
Superior #2: [Responds to quizzical looks from others.] That comment has a context!

Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Overheard by: Ben A. Fit

Manager #1: The new girl is Asian? Ooooh, fucky-sucky, long time!
Manager #2: I’ll have someone else show her around.
Manager #1, as manager #2 leaves office: It’s not harassment if you’re joking!

Circle Center Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Statistician: They’re lying. Unless everything we believe about the world is untrue.

Chelsea
New York City, New York

Financial advisor on phone with possible client: I gave you what you needed. You have the paperwork. You see my partners’ names. Just don’t bullshit me… Stop cursing! I didn’t curse. I said bullshit, that’s not a curse.

50th and Broadway
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Stuck in this Cube